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Sergeant BASIL CARR

Service Number: 687087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

III. A. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Native of Rotherham, England. Son of Fred and Nellie Carr, of North Lonsdale, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription FROM MOTHER & FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 678
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